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ReviewJournal of integrative plant biology2025

More than flowering: CONSTANS plays multifaceted roles in plant development and stress responses.

Bin Yu, Yilong Hu, Xingliang Hou

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Review in Journal of integrative plant biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bin YuCollege of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-2538
Yilong HuCollege of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-5152
Xingliang HouCollege of Life Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3964-2372

Funding

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2021A1515012406Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project 202201010641National Natural Science Foundation of China 31900212National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270374The National Key R&D Program of China 2021YFF1001203Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST 2022QNRC001Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2023362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have evolved a remarkable ability to sense and respond to changes in photoperiod, allowing adjustments to their growth and development based on seasonal and environmental cues. The floral transition is a pivotal stage in plant growth and development, signifying a shift from vegetative to reproductive growth. CONSTANS (CO), a central photoperiodic response factor conserved in various plants, mediates day-length signals to control the floral transition, although its mechanisms of action vary among plants with different day-length requirements. In addition, recent studies have uncovered roles for CO in organ development and stress responses. These pleiotropic roles in model plants and crops make CO a potentially fruitful target for molecular breeding aimed at modifying crop agronomic traits. This review systematically traces research on CO, from its discovery and functional studies to the exploration of its regulatory mechanisms and newly discovered functions, providing important insight into the roles of CO and laying a foundation for future research.

Indexed as

FlowersPlant DevelopmentStress, PhysiologicalTranscription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, PlantPhotoperiodTranscription FactorsCONSTANphotoperiodseasonal and environmental cues

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PMID39466065
PMCPMC11951404

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